Day of Service
The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
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Day of Service
Kentucky Colonels Spring Day of Service
October 4, 2025
9:00am – 12:00pm | (local time)
Through your contributions, the Honorable Order granted over $2.5 million in 2024 to organizations throughout the Commonwealth. Â As an organization of individuals who are dedicated to making an impact, we know that giving back means more than just giving monetarily; it also means volunteering. With this in mind, we invite all Colonels and their families to join us in volunteering with Good Works Program grantees across the state to complete needed projects.Â
We encourage you to participate in volunteer activities alongside your fellow Colonels at one of the locations below.
Kentucky Volunteer Sites:
- Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky (Covington) – Colonels will organize, sort, and tidy storage closets. Children ages 16 and up are welcomed with a supervised adult.
- Family Service Society (Paducah) – Colonels will sort, organize and tidy clothing rooms, food pantries and to make bags up for distribution. Children of all ages are welcomed with a supervised adult.
- Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland (Elizabethtown) – Colonels will pack senior boxes and backpacks at the volunteer center. Children ages 7 and up are welcomed with a supervised adult.
- Friends of Lexington Senior Center (Lexington) – Colonels will sand and stain outdoor patio furniture. Children of all ages are welcomed with a supervised adult.
- Good News Homes (LaGrange) – Colonels will stain a wooden playground set, lay down mulch, and plant flower beds. Children of all ages are welcomed with a supervised adult.
- Helping Hand of Hope (Elizabethtown) – Colonels will organize, restock, and relabel clothes boxes in their thrift store. Children ages 11 and up are welcomed with a supervised adult.
- Home of the Innocents (Louisville) – Colonels will sort, organize, and restock inventory. Children ages 13 and above are welcomed with a supervised adult.
- Josephine Sculpture Park (Frankfort) – Colonels will organize park archival materials in the office. No children are allowed.
- Project Learn (Elizabethtown) – Colonels will wash windows, clean flower beds, and paint trim in an office and a stairway. No children are allowed.
- Senior Community Center of Owensboro (Owensboro) – Colonels will help with landscaping outside, as well as deep clean stairwells, wipe down surfaces, sweep and mop inside the facility. Children of all ages are welcomed with a supervised adult.
- St. Joseph Children’s Home (Louisville) – Colonels will mulch a playground. Children ages 16 and up are welcomed with a supervised adult.
Out-of-State & International Chapter Sites:
- Grand Strand Chapter (Myrtle Beach, SC) – Colonels will volunteer at North Myrtle Beach Woman’s Club, Domestic Violence 5K Annual Walk. Please note that this opportunity is on October 18, 2025.
- Hoosier Chapter (Indianapolis, IN) – Colonels will volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul Distribution Center. Please note that this opportunity is on October 11, 2025.
- Hummelstown Hershey Area Chapter (Hummelstown, PA) – Colonels will volunteer at Hummelstown American Legion Post 265. Please Note that this opportunity is October 19, 2025.
- Kentucky Colonels, The Netherlands Chapter (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) – Colonels will volunteer in a food distribution center for the poor in Amsterdam. Please note that this opportunity is October 4, 2025.
- Middle Tennessee Chapter (Nashville, TN) – Colonels will volunteer at Habitat for Humanity. Please note that this opportunity is on October 11, 2025.
- SouthWest Florida Chapter (Indianapolis, IN) – Colonels will volunteer at Sarasota International Airport to welcome Veterans home after an Honor Flight to Washington DC. Please note that this opportunity is on October 11, 2025.
- Upper Miami Valley Ohio Chapter (Sidney, Ohio) – Colonels will volunteer at F.I.S.H. of Shelby County. Please note that this opportunity is on October 4, 2025.
Need more information?
Please email us at info@kycolonels.org or call 502-266-6848 with any questions or concerns.
Click here to view photos from the 2025 Spring Day of Service!